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Supreme Court· 4/7/1986

At&T Technologies, Inc. v. Communications Workers

Citations

  • 475 U.S. 643
  • 106 S. Ct. 1415
  • 89 L. Ed. 2d 648
  • 1986 U.S. LEXIS 92
  • 54 U.S.L.W. 4339
  • 121 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 3329

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a court should decide whether a labor-management layoff controversy falls within the arbitration clause of a collective-bargaining agreement
  • holding that a court should decide whether a labor-management layoff controversy falls within the arbitration clause of a collective-bargaining agreement
  • holding that the arbitrator is without power to determine arbitrability absent “clear[ ] and unmistakable]” language in the arbitration agreement conferring such power
  • holding that arbitration is a matter of contract and that a party cannot be required to submit to arbitration any suit it has not agreed to arbitrate
  • holding that a court should decide whether a labor-management layoff controversy falls within the arbitration clause of a collective-bargaining agreement
  • holding that a court must choose amongst reasonable interpretations the one that allows for arbitration

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Judges: White, Brennan, Burger, Marshall

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